to prevent; to take precautions
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
meaning; significance; sense
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
bodily sensation; sense; experience
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
future (usually near); prospects
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly